Purveyors of Different Gospels

John MacArthur chimes in on why the Manhattan Declaration is an abrogation of Christian responsibility. I wholeheartedly agree.
The Declaration therefore constitutes a formal avowal of brotherhood between Evangelical signatories and purveyors of different gospels. That is the stated intention of some of the key signatories, and it’s hard to see how secular readers could possibly [...]

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False Gospel Unity And Confusion Ala Albert Mohler

Albert Mohler responded to concerns about his compromise in signing the Manhattan Declaration in a recent article found at Al Mohler’s blog spot. He also speaks about it on his radio program.
Al Mohler’s usual wisdom goes out the window on this one. He does not get it. The document declares not just the common ground [...]

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What Is Impossible For Men: Even The Poorest Man Is The Richest

“A lot of us want all the benefits of God without making the proper sacrifices to receive them”
This idea of performing works to gain God’s favor is foreign to Scripture and a rejection of a passage that Maness preached on this Sunday. It amounts to invoking the blessing of the last idol in the temple. [...]

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On A Trip And Never Leaving The Farm: The Prodigals’ Father Is The Object

The main thing about the prodigal story is that in neither case does the Father cut off the sons’ inheritance. In both cases there are lessons taught and no indication that the elder brother didn’t repent of his attitude. They were both members of their Father’s household. End of story.
Not quite.
The one who reads this [...]

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First Things First: Revelation 2:5

Oh no, not another church growth program!
No, not at all by the sounds of it. Still, why should a church have to be told these things?
One should remember just which church(es) we’re speaking of here. This is the presbytery originally under the bishopric of Timothy. “Wow,” you might say, “What could have happened, and so [...]

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More on Homosexual Uber-Rights: Where Will It End

Dr. James White writes:
I have been saying for years, homosexuals do not want equal rights. They want uber-rights. They want to silence anyone who would identify their sexual perversion as sin. Why? Romans 1 tells you. Suppressing the truth is tiring, and for the homosexual, it is a full-time job. They cannot silence their conscience, [...]

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How Could It Happen?(2)

We can draw from the confessions that man as created was: very good, with reasonable and immortal souls, endued with knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness after his own image, having the law of God written in their hearts, and power to fulfill it; and yet under a possibility of transgressing, upright, perfect, righteous, being left [...]

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Lasting Idols In The Temple And Thanksgiving To God

As an addendum to The Last Idol In The Temple, may I refer you Timmy Brister’s succinct statement in a blog piece on a similar subject.
The gospel is the power of God unto salvation, and that power is demonstrated in all three tenses of our salvation–justification, sanctification, and glorification. The finished work of the gospel [...]

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Michael Horton Betrays Evangelicalism

A response to Jennie at Turretinfan:
I hope Michael Horton hasn’t crossed the Rubicon on his way to Rome, like Caesar did, unless of course, like Caesar, he is going to war against it.
I don’t even know who Michael Horton is, but apparently he ought to know better.
That just about sums it up. Anyone who has [...]

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…as a rancher in Wyoming once told me, “I’ve never been arrested!”

Soon after the Lord opened my eyes to see the truthfulness of what we call the “Doctrines of Grace”, I had an interesting encounter with a young lady. I was pastoring a small Southern Baptist Church in Wyoming and this lady was serving in our state that year as a summer missionary. Towards the end [...]

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